[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 31 (Tuesday, March 15, 2005)]
[House]
[Pages H1504-H1506]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.

  Under clause 8 of rule XII, executive communications were taken from 
the Speaker's table and referred as follows:

       1159. A letter from the Congressional Review Coordinator, 
     APHIS, Department of Agriculture, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--Oriental Fruit Fly; Removal of 
     Quarantined Area [Docket No. 02-096-4] received March 9, 
     2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       1160. A letter from the Congressional Review Coordinator, 
     APHIS, Department of Agriculture, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--Oriental Fruit Fly; Removal of 
     Quarantined Area [Docket No. 04-106-2] received March 8, 
     2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       1161. A letter from the Comptroller, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting a report of a violation of the Antideficiency 
     Act by the Department of the Army, Case Number 97-02, 
     pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1517(b); to the Committee on 
     Appropriations.

       1162. A letter from the Chairman, Federal Communications 
     Commission, transmitting a letter reporting a violation of 
     sections 1341 and 1517(a) of Title 31, United States Code 
     (the Antideficiency Act); to the Committee on Appropriations.

       1163. A letter from the Under Secretary for Personnel and 
     Readiness, Department of Defense, transmitting a letter on 
     the approved retirement of Vice Admiral Phillip M. Balisle, 
     United States Navy, and his advancement to the grade of vice 
     admiral on the retired list; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       1164. A letter from the Director, Defense Procurement and 
     Acquisition Policy, Department of Defense, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--Defense Federal Acquisition 
     Regulation Supplement; Major Systems Acquisition [DFARS Case 
     2003-D030] received March 9, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Armed Services.
       1165. A letter from the Director, Defense Procurement and 
     Acquisition Policy, Department of Defense, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--Defense Federal Acquisition 
     Regulation Supplement; Provision of Information to 
     Cooperative Agreement Holders [DFARS Case 2004-D025] received 
     March 9, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       1166. A letter from the Deputy Secretary, Department of 
     Defense, transmitting a report pursuant to Section 9010 of 
     the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005 (Pub. L. 
     108-287); to the Committee on Armed Services.
       1167. A letter from the Director, U.S. Mint, Department of 
     the Treasury, transmitting a report describing how the agency 
     is implementing the Public Enterprise Fund (PEF) and using 
     its flexibilities to become a market-driven public 
     enterprise, covering the 1st Quarter of FY 2005, which ended 
     on December 31, 2004; to the Committee on Financial Services.
       1168. A letter from the Regulatory Specialist, Legislative 
     and Regulatory Activities Division, Office of the Comptroller 
     of the Currency, Department of the Treasury, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--OCC Guidelines Establishing 
     Standards for Residential Mortgage Lending Practices [Docket 
     No. 05-02] (RIN: 1557-AC93) received February 4, 2005, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Financial Services.

       1169. A letter from the Counsel for Legislation and 
     Regulations, Office of Community Planning and Development, 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule--Community Development Block Grant 
     Program; Small Cities and Insular Areas Programs [Docket No. 
     FR-4919-F-02] (RIN: 2506-AC17) received March 8, 2005, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Financial Services.

       1170. A letter from the President and Chairman, Export-
     Import Bank of the United States, transmitting a report 
     involving U.S. exports to Chile, pursuant to 12 U.S.C. 
     635(b)(3)(i); to the Committee on Financial Services.
       1171. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Investment 
     Management/Office of Regulatory Policy, Securities and 
     Exchange Commission, transmitting the Commission's ``Major'' 
     final rule--Mutual Fund Redemption Fees [Release No. IC-
     26782; File No. S7-11-04] (RIN: 3235-AJ17) received March 15, 
     2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Financial Services.
       1172. A letter from the Deputy Executive Director, Pension 
     Benefit Guaranty Corporation, transmitting the Corporation's 
     final rule--Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-Employer 
     Plans; Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans; 
     Interest Assumptions for Valuing and Paying Benefits--
     received March 8, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
       1173. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting a report entitled ``A Healthier, 
     Safer America, 2001-2005''; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.

       1174. A letter from the Director, Regulations Policy and 
     Management Staff, FDA, Department of Health and Human 
     Services, transmitting the Department's final rule--Food 
     Additives Permitted for Direct Addition to Food for Human 
     Consumption; Acacia (Gum Arabic) [Docket No. 2003F-0023] 
     received March 11, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       1175. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the 
     Treasury, transmitting the semiannual report detailing 
     payments made to Cuba as a result of the provision of 
     telecommunications services pursuant to Department of the 
     Treasury specific licenses, as required by Section 1705(e)(6) 
     of the Cuban Democracy Act of 1992, 22 U.S.C. 6004(e)(6), as 
     amended by Section 102(g) of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic 
     Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996, and pursuant to Executive 
     Order 13313 of July 31, 2003, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 6032; to 
     the Committee on International Relations.
       1176. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the 
     Treasury, transmitting as required by section 401(c) of the 
     National Emergency Act, 50 U.S.C. 1641(c), and section 204(c) 
     of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 
     1703(c), section 505(c) of the International Security and 
     Development Cooperation Act of 1985, 22 U.S.C. 2349aa-
     9(c),and pursuant to Executive Order 13313 of July 31, 2003, 
     a six-month periodic report on the national emergency with 
     respect to Iran that was declared in Executive Order 12957 of 
     March 15, 1995; to the Committee on International Relations.
       1177. A letter from the Deputy Director, Defense Security 
     Cooperation Agency, Department of Defense, transmitting 
     pursuant to the reporting requirements of Section 36(b)(1) of 
     the Arms Export Control Act, as amended, Transmittal No. 05-
     17, concerning the Department of the Air Force's proposed 
     Letter(s) of Offer and Acceptance to Iraq for defense 
     articles and services; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
       1178. A letter from the Secretary, Department of State, 
     transmitting consistent with the Authorization for Use of 
     Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (Pub. L. 107-
     243), the Authorization for the Use of Force Against Iraq 
     Resolution (Pub. L. 102-1), and in order to keep the Congress 
     fully informed, a report prepared by the Department of State 
     for the October 15-December 15, 2004 reporting period 
     including matters relating to post-liberation Iraq under 
     Section 7 of the Iraq Liberation Act of 1998 (Pub. L. 105-
     338); to the Committee on International Relations.
       1179. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting 
     Pursuant to section 565(b) of the Foreign Relations 
     Authorization Act for FY 1994 and 1995 (Pub. L. 103-236), 
     certifications and waivers of the prohibition against 
     contracting with firms that comply with the Arab League 
     Boycott of the State of Israel and of the prohibition against 
     contracting with firms that discriminate in

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     the award of subcontracts on the basis of religion, and 
     accompanying Memorandum of Justification; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
       1180. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting consistent with 
     the resolution of advice and consent to ratification of the 
     Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, 
     Stockpiling, and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their 
     Destruction, adopted by the Senate of the United States on 
     April 24, 1997, and Executive Order 13346 of July 8, 2004, 
     certification pursuant to Condition 7(C)(i), Effectiveness of 
     the Australia Group; to the Committee on International 
     Relations.
       1181. A letter from the Director, Office of Human Capital 
     Management, Department of Energy, transmitting a report 
     pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the 
     Committee on Government Reform.
       1182. A letter from the Director, Regulations Policy and 
     Management Staff, FDA, Department of Health and Human 
     Services, transmitting the Department's final rule--Public 
     Information Regulations; Withdrawal [Docket No. 2004N-0214] 
     received January 31, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Government Reform.

       1183. A letter from the Inspector General, Railroad 
     Retirement Board, transmitting the budget request for the 
     Office of Inspector General, Railroad Retirement Board, for 
     fiscal year 2006, prepared in compliance with OMB Circular 
     No. A-11; to the Committee on Government Reform.
       1184. A letter from the Board Members, Railroad Retirement 
     Board, transmitting a copy of the annual report for Calendar 
     Year 2004, in compliance with the Government in the Sunshine 
     Act, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(j); to the Committee on 
     Government Reform.

       1185. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Land and 
     Minerals Management, Department of the Interior, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule--Federal Gas Valuation (RIN: 
     1010-AD05) received March 8, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       1186. A letter from the Assistant Attorney General, Office 
     of Legislative Affairs, Department of Justice, transmitting a 
     letter concerning grants made during FY 2004 under Section 
     2806(b) of the Paul Coverdell National Forensic Science 
     Improvement Act of 2000 (Pub L. 106-561) to improve forensic 
     science services; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       1187. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Attorney General, 
     Office of Legal Policy, Department of Justice, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule--DNA Sample Collection from 
     Federal Offenders under the Justice for All Act of 2004 
     [Docket No. OAG 108; A.G. Order No. 2753-2005] (RIN: 1105-
     AB09) received January 26, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       1188. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Safety Zone; Lower 
     Mississippi River, Mile 94.0 to Mile 95.0, in the vicinity of 
     Algiers Point, LA [COTP New Orleans-04-040] (RIN: 1625-AA00) 
     received February 10, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.

       1189. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Safety Zone; 
     Ouachita River, Mile Marker 168 to Mile Marker 169, in the 
     vicinity of the Forsythe Recreational Boat Launch, Monroe, LA 
     [COTP New Orleans-04-041] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received February 
     10, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1190. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Safety Zone; 
     Cumberland River, Mile Marker 190.5 to 192.5, Nashville, TN 
     [COTP Paducah, KY 04-010] (RIN: 2115-AA97) received February 
     10, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1191. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Safety Zone; Grosse 
     Pointe Yacht Club Fireworks, Lake St. Clair, Grosse Pointe 
     Shores, MI [CGD09-04-142] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received February 
     10, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure.

       1192. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Security Zone; 
     Maumee River, Toledo, OH [CGD09-04-143] (RIN: 1625-AA87) 
     received February 10, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       1193. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Safety Zone; Chios 
     Pride Lake Michigan, Menominee, Michigan. [CGD09-04-144] 
     (RIN: 1625-AA00) received February 10, 2005, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       1194. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Safety Zone; 
     Marathon Barge Operations, Rouge River, Detroit, MI. [CGD09-
     04-146] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received February 10, 2005, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation 
     and Infrastructure.
       1195. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Safety Zone; Staten 
     Island Ferry 3 Menominee River, Marinette, Wisconsin [CGD09-
     04-147] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received February 10, 2005, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation 
     and Infrastructure.
       1196. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Special Local 
     Regulations for Marine Events; and San Francisco Fleet Week 
     2004 Fireworks Display, San Francisco Bay, CA [CGD11-04-009] 
     (RIN: 1625-AA08) received February 10, 2005, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       1197. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Special Local 
     Regulations for Marine Events; San Francisco New Year's 
     Fireworks Display, San Francisco Bay, CA [CGD11-04-013] (RIN: 
     1625-AA08) received February 10, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       1198. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Security Zone 
     Regulations, Budd Inlet, West Bay, Olympia, Washington and SS 
     Cape Intrepid [CGD13-04-041] (RIN: 1625-AA87) received 
     February 10, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

       1199. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Safety Zone; 
     Chesapeake Bay; Maryland [COTP Baltimore 04-002] (RIN: 1625-
     AA00) received February 10, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       1200. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Safety Zone; Corpus 
     Christi Inner Harbor, Corpus Christi, TX [COTP Corpus 
     Christi-04-004] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received February 10, 2005, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1201. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Safety Zone; Ohio 
     River Mile 305 and Mile 308, Huntington, WV [COTP Huntington-
     04-002] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received February 10, 2005, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation 
     and Infrastructure.
       1202. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Safety Zone; Green 
     River mile 25 to mile 30, Curdsville, KY [COTP Louisville-04-
     010] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received February 10, 2005, pursuant to 
     5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       1203. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Safety Zone; 
     Monongahela River Mile Marker 2.3 to Mile Marker 3.1, 
     Pittsburgh, PA [COTP Pittsburgh-04-026] (RIN: 1625-AA00) 
     received February 10, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.

       1204. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Safety Zone; 
     Allegheny River Mile Marker 0.3 to Ohio River Mile Marker 
     0.6, Pittsburgh, PA [COTP Pittsburgh-04-027] (RIN: 1625-AA00) 
     received February 10, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       1205. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Safety Zone; 
     Allegheny River Mile Marker 0.3 to Mile Marker 0.7, 
     Pittsburgh, PA [COTP Pittsburgh-04-029] (RIN: 1625-AA00) 
     received February 10, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.

       1206. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Safety Zone; 
     Fireworks Display for Indian Riverside Park; Jensen Beach, 
     FL. [COTP Miami 04-150] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received February 
     10, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1207. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Safety Zone; Gulf 
     of Mexico, Orange Beach, AL [COTP Mobile-04-010] (RIN: 1625-
     AA00) received February 10, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.


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       1208. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Safety Zone; 
     Pascagoula Ship Channel, Pascagoula, MS [COTP Mobile-04-011] 
     (RIN: 1625-AA00) received February 10, 2005, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       1209. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Safety Zone; Gulf 
     of Mexico and Waters from Perdido Bay, Pensacola to St. 
     Marks, FL [COTP Mobile-04-033] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received 
     February 10, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

       1210. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Safety Zone; Bayou 
     Cassotte Channel; Pascagoula, MS [COTP Mobile-04-050] (RIN: 
     1625-AA00) received February 10, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.

       1211. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Safety Zone; Gulf 
     Intra-Coastal Waterway Mile 170 to 172, East of the Harvey 
     Locks [COTP Mobile-04-051] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received February 
     10, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure.

       1212. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Safety Zone; Bayou 
     Casotte Channel; Pascagoula, MS [COTP Mobile-04-054] (RIN: 
     1625-AA00) received February 10, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.

       1213. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Safety Zone; Horn 
     Island Ship Channel and Bayou Casotte Ship Channel, 
     Pascagoula, MS [COTP Mobile-04-058] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received 
     February 10, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1214. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Safety Zone; Gulf 
     of Mexico, Pensacola, FL [COTP Mobile-04-061] (RIN: 1625-
     AA00) received February 10, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.

       1215. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Safety Zone; 
     Mississippi River Gulf Oulet (MRGO), Mile Marker--8 to Mile 
     Marker 59, New Orleans, LA [COTP New Orleans-04-031] (RIN: 
     1625-AA00) received February 10, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.

       1216. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Safety Zone; 
     Mississippi River Outlet (MRGO), Mile Marker minus 10 to Mile 
     Marker 28, New Orleans, LA [COTP New Orleans, LA [COTP New 
     Orleans-04-032] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received February 10, 2005, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       1217. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Safety Zone; 
     Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO), Mile Marker minus 10 to 
     Mile Marker 2, New Orleans, LA [COTP New Orleans-04-033] 
     (RIN: 1625-AA00) received February 10, 2005, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       1218. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Safety Zone; 
     Intracoastal Waterway, Harvey Canal from Hero Cutoff to 
     Lapalco Bridge, New Orleans, LA [COTP New Orleans-04-034] 
     (RIN: 1625-AA00) received February 10, 2005, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.

       1219. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Safety Zone; 
     Intracoastal Waterway and Barataria Bay Waterway, Harvey 
     Canal in Lafitte, LA [COTP New Orleans-04-035] (RIN: 1625-
     AA00) received February 10, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       1220. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Safety Zone; 
     Mississippi River, Miles 363.0 to 364.0, in the vicinity of 
     the Vidalia Bridge, Highway 84, Natchez, MS [COTP New 
     Orleans-04-036] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received February 10, 2005, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.

       1221. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Safety Zone; Lower 
     Mississippi River, Above Head of Passes, Mile 436.0 to 441.0, 
     at the confluence of the Yazoo and Mississippi Rivers, 
     Vicksburg, MS [COTP New Orleans-04-037] (RIN: 1625-AA00) 
     received February 10, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.

       1222. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting the Department's final rule--Safety Zone; 
     Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO), Mile Marker minus 10 to 
     Mile Marker 0, New Orleans, LA [COTP New Orleans-04-038] 
     (RIN: 1625-AA00) received February 10, 2005, pursuant to 5 
     U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       1223. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Energy, 
     transmitting the Annual Report on Contractor Work Force 
     Restructuring at the U.S. Department of Energy for Fiscal 
     Year 2003, pursuant to Public Law 102-484, section 
     3161(e)(2); jointly to the Committees on Armed Services and 
     Energy and Commerce.
       1224. A letter from the Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance 
     Corporation, transmitting in accordance with the provisions 
     of section 17(a) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, the 
     Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990, Pub. L. 101-576, and 
     the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993, the 
     Corporation's 2004 Annual Report; jointly to the Committees 
     on Financial Services and Government Reform.
       1225. A letter from the Executive Director, Office of 
     Compliance, transmitting the Office's Section 102(b) Report 
     for the 108th Congress, in accordance with the Congressional 
     Accountability Act of 1995; jointly to the Committees on 
     Education and the Workforce and House Administration.
       1226. A letter from the Director, Defense Security 
     Cooperation Agency, Department of Defense, transmitting 
     pursuant to Section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961, as amended, and Division D, Title V, Section 515 of the 
     Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005, as enacted in Pub. L. 
     108-447, notification that implementation of the FY 2005 
     International Military Education and Training (IMET) program, 
     as approved by the Department of State, requires revisions to 
     the levels justified in the FY 2005 Congressional Budget 
     Justification for Foreign Operations for the enclosed list of 
     countries; jointly to the Committees on International 
     Relations and Appropriations.

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